The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-25

udnuTe piece, On SELECTING TWO Sdm-
PIE rods in different places upon each
piece, cutting the green corn carefully
weighing it, the MANFRED piece gave
275 pounds per rod, and the unma-
nured, but finely pulYefized, gave $50
pounds per rod-the MANFRED giving
twenty-five tons per acre and the other
tw~enty-oIght tons Per acre. The cost
Of extra working was 500 per acre.
Could there be any doubt that the ex-
ira labor was well paid for2 1t must
be evident to every thoughtful farmer
that the first thing to be done in fur
nishlng food for crops IS to work more
thoroughly and give finer pulveTizatien,
and when this is accomplished then an
application of some fertilizer"
A CORRESPONDENT says the follow
ng Is a recipe for making an excellent
iniment: ION cedar, two ounces;
spirits turpentine, two ounces; sweet
oil, two ounces; hartshorn, two ounces.
To this add a lump Of gum camphor as
large as a mans thumb from arst
Joint. With this 1 cured a valuable
horse of blood SPAWN. 1t Will cure
sweeny the quickest of anything l yer
used. 1t is good for headache and
other pains and aches"
a WRITER contends that by planting
corn at the earliest safe moment We not
only increases the chances that the
crop will receive the necessary num-
Der of degrees Of accumulated heat
during the warn a but the num-
Der OF hours OF sunshine "a well; and,
what is of nearly as much Importance,
we advance the epoch of poisoning
several days, and by so doing hasten
maturity by several weeks. This IS a
new a d surprising statement to many,
but it is, nevertheless. q correct n
GIVE THE COWS WATER-When
COWS are obliged to live on hay they
have a stronger desire for water than
if fed on other kind of fodder. See
that they have access to 1t at all times.
1t will pay to give the milk cows a
|pailful of water at noon IN which a
quart Of bran has been stirred. A lack
of water will quickly cause a shrink
age in milk as we'll as an actual loss of
Gesh.
The structure Of wool is by no
means a simple one, or II easily made
out. Instead Of consisting, as cotton,
of a single hollow cell, whose walls
constitute the only variations of struc-
ture, all WOODS are built up of countless
minute cells, ~variously arranged ac-
'cording to the rapidity of growth and
other causes, but forming a long
cylinder, not always OF the same dame
to from end to end, and consisting of
three entirely distinct parts.
Il GREAT many sheep have been
driven from California to the North
west within the last year or two, the
entire journey being made IN foot and
consuming several months. There is
prospect that this business will con
tinue as long rs California sheep hold
out, as it seems to be one Of the best
methods of getting rid of a kind Of
stock which In that country has
seen It's best days. 1t is customary
to hold these sheep owe a season for
grazing in Wyoming, and then drive
them down into Nebraska to be fed
and ripened fof the market.
CONVENIENCE of farm buildings is
an important aid in good farming, es-
pecially where much stock is kept and
there are many chores. Water should
always be provided in the barnyard,
the feeding boxes should be near where
the feed is kept, and the building
should not be very far removed from
the house. If this results IN more
neatness about barns and barnyards
than has been thought necessary, it
will be another important advantage
gained.
A CLOVER pasture Is OF most value
for growing hogs, though very cheap
food for q part of the ration after the
fatteDlng process is begun. During
the spring, when most rapid growth is
taking place, an acre of green clover
would furnish green food for a dozen
or more hogs being fed corn to fatten.
EVERY farmer has noticed the de-
terioration Of oats, The best varieties
fall back after a few years and are
little better than the common oat.
More attention might be profitably
given to the seed. Two suggestions
have been made. Thrash the bundles
lightly with a fail and thus get the
best seed; the other, winnow out all
the light oats.
STEADY application is what counts
in any business. especially in farming,
for in this employment a day O an
hour wasted Is usually more than loss
of time, for 1t is opportunity gone.
On THE average farm a calf that
will In tnfee years with the same feed
and care make as heavy and rs valua-
Bile q heifer or steer as another calf will
do la four years Is worth at least Sl5
more when dropped.
IT IS never good policy to divide a
farm In small fields, for it Is waste of
lands, waste of time, and oppressive
increase OF fencing that becomes a
burdensome tax In construction AMI
maintenance.
RAW manure fresh from the stable
is Injurious to young fruit trees. Use
| wood ashes as a fertilizer where they
can be obtained In sufficient quantities.
! Apply beautifully as far as they 60.
PEN your sheep at night on the
| poorest knobs of your fields. Sow
| grass seed af;e r them and you will very
| soon recognize the value of the me /
| and lowly sheep as a fertilizing ma
chine.
Suorrrn any yermln render the hf'